Yes, you do. Coast Guard documented vessels also have to be registered in New Mexico.
According to the New Mexico “EMNRD,” the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, “to operate your vessel in New Mexico, you must have a registration card and validation decal if: your vessel is propelled by machinery (or) your vessel is propelled, or designed to be propelled, by sail, unless it is a sailboard or windsurf board.”
Additionally, “The registration card (certificate of number) must be carried on board whenever your vessel is used.” They go on to say that “vessel registration and titling is handled by the Taxation and Revenue Department Motor Vehicle Division.”
In terms of bringing a documented vessel in from another state, the EMNRD says “Boaters visiting New Mexico from another state may recreate on state waters for up to 90 days if the vessel is registered in another state or has current U.S. Coast Guard documentation.”
To contact the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department Motor Vehicle Division, click here.
You can use our site to document your vessel here.
